Google+. It has a legitimate chance to be really good. But like any other budding social network, a good app is a requirement. Google+ for Android looks to combine features I use from other apps into one single portal. Awesome.

Google +1, what was once rumored to be Google's big social project and later transformed into a toolbar, is now live and is, well, neither of those two. Instead it's literally a +1 button next to all the searches where you can give props to searches you enjoy. You'll be able to see what your friends +1 and what the…

Techcrunch has gotten their hands on confidential images of what we once knew as Google's "Facebook killer". Now called Google +1, it looks like it'll be a sharing service-type toolbar that'll exist across Google properties.

Google Buzz stumbled out of the gate with varying degrees of miscues and upsets. Three months later, Google has created a "Head of Social" position, to help navigate the murky waters of the social web. Too late? Yes. Too little?